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Jonny Gomes isn’t bitter about Jacoby Ellsbury joining the Yankees. As far as he’s concerned, Ellsbury earned the right to cash in on the open market.

Gomes appeared on WEEI’s Mut & Merloni on Monday, during which he talked about a number of topics, including Ellsbury’s departure. Gomes doesn’t seem to have any issues with Ellsbury following the money, even if it entails the speedy center fielder joining Boston’s most hated rival.

“I’m a firm believer in you are deserving of what someone’s going to give you,” Gomes said. “I’m sure a lot of people want to jump on the salary that he got, but no one wants to jump on some of the CEOs of some of these huge companies that make a lot of money, too.

“I played with [Reds first baseman] Joey Votto for a while, and he did some pretty unbelievable things. I would always break it down to him, too. How many people in the world — in the actual world — can do what he can do? How many people in the world can consistently steal 50 bags in the big leagues and play a Gold Glove center field? What’s the price tag on that?”

The Yankees determined that the price tag is $153 million over the next seven years. It’s a contract that the Red Sox weren’t willing to shell out, especially given the numerous recent examples of long-term deals not working out. Now, it sounds like Gomes and Co. are already looking to move on and shift their focus to 2014, rather than harp on any deals that weren’t made.

“I’m happy for him. He’s got security for his great, great, great, great, great grandkids,” Gomes said of Ellsbury. “But we’ve got a spot to fill. At the same time, we’ve got the Executive of the Year on our side [in general manager Ben Cherington]. Hopefully we’ll get that spot filled.”

Cherington has said that he’s continuing to look at outfield options, but that he’d be comfortable with 23-year-old Jackie Bradley Jr. replacing Ellsbury in center field next season.

good for ells, good for gomes' fair analysis of market capitalism, and darts to sox brass who could and should have paid ells $153 mil or more to keep him and the sox a 'real' pro ball club. you'd have to be an idiot to believe all this talk about 'overpaying' ells in today's billionaire baseball age. gomes gets it and would appreciate this angle. leo dicaprio, a top entertainer, gets $77 mil per film today, for about 2 mos work. j ellsbury, also a top entertainer, is now getting $4.84 mil FOR THE NEXT 7 YEARS for every 2 mos work; or 6% of dicaprio's paycheck. by this simple math, ells is still being grossly underpaid, and i know, in this age of multi-billionaire baseball owners, j henry is smart enough to know that! has anyone done an analysis proving MLB is less financially successful than hollywood? i will bet no, and no it is not. conclusion sox nation: we got hammered again when our brass let another great player go, for some plainly specious reasons about long term contracts. show me a businessman who does not make exceptions when warranted to his so called biz plan, and i will show you a less than fully successful business. that's us, now that ells is a yank. just ask brian cashman, who jumped for joy the day ells agreed to terms. and sox brass want top gate for this fraud? does anyone recall 2012. i do. i will be fishing more and watching sox less in 2014. the 2012 crapola - not forgiven by the way - was enough for me.

Hey, good for Ellsbury. Why people are crying and calling him a traitor for going to the Yankees is beyond me. He went after the best financial deal and the one that gave him the most security. 99.9% of people in the same position would do the same thing.

The Yankees overpaid for his services, that is clear, in a position that they already had someone with the same skill set at a fraction of the cost. Also, the Yankees are probably still worse off after their signings than they were before Cano left. Their outfield as a whole right now is ancient, their $180 million 1B won't be ready for the season opener, they need a 2B, their SS is at the end of his career, and their $275million 3B is likely suspended for the season. They have no one behind CC, Kuroda should probably be the 4th starter, all of their depthis in 35 YO+ outfielders. And yet they dump $200+ million on a high mileage catcher, and a somewhat fragile CF?

I’m a firm believer in if you are greedy of what someone’s going to give you, just remember that money is the root of all evil, and Judas ellsbury is an evil person. Then Gomes made a few more drivel comments not worth talking about.